The Kodama Acro is a very intriguing colony of Acropora that we collected alongside Ultra Corals Australia on the Southern Great Barrier Reef in Australia. What makes this coral special to us is that it was the first coral colony we…
Who Says Australia Lacks Coral Diversity?
Going diving on a regular basis with the master collector Nic Dos Santos from Ultra Coral Australia, I’ve had the chance to see a nice cross section of the Great Barrier Reef. And if there is one thing I can…
Is this the ‘True’ Montipora capricornis?
For so many years, we thought we saw Montipora capricornis everywhere. So many people were use that name for just any about any cup-shaped or plating Monti including M. foliosa, M. florida or M. aequituberculata was labelled a ‘Monti Cap’.…
New Variety of Dragon Fruit Acro from the Great Barrier Reef
While diving out the incredibly reach inner reefs of Southern Great Barrier Reef with Nic from Ultra Coral Australia, we found yet another insane piece of Acro… The crazy thing with this Dragon Fruit Acro, is that it harbors the…
Master of all UCA Homophyllia bowerbanki, is the ultimum LPS coral
During our stay in Australia, and touring up Ultra Coral Australia shed, we came across plenty of amazing coral. But one particular piece, stood far above the crowd. We were very lucky enough to steal a shot of the whole…
Are Pizza Anemones The Next Rainbow ‘Coral’ In Reef Tanks?
The marine aquarium hobby as a whole has become incredibly adept at finding the most colorful, unbelievable, and crazy colored reef life that exceeds our wildest expectations at every turn. Mini Maxis and Flower anemones have had their turn, and…
Ultra Corals Australia Collected A Trachy Which Is Out Of This World!
If you needed any proof that corals have yet to reveal all of their mind blowing colors and patterns to us, then look no further than this unbelievable “glitter line” Trachyphyllia. We’ve seen Trachies with all number of fascinating colors,…
Wild 4-Way Homophyllia coral is four times the Scoly
What you are seeing here is a very peculiar coral, both in color, pattern, and especially the fact that there are four corallites growing closely into a mini colony. This head-scratching and head-turning coral was collected in Australia by Ultra…
UCA’s Wildfire Monti is a killer specimen of Montipora caliculata
One of the things that we particularly like about Ultra Corals Australia is that they are coral collectors with the eyes of a reef aquarium hobbyist. To that end UCA is always on the lookout for new and unusual corals…